All Roll Calls
Yes: 238 • No: 173
Sponsored By: Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (Democratic)
Adopted
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction, but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him, such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The amendment also provides that a person adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as lacking the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote during this period of incapacity until his capacity has been reestablished as prescribed by law. Currently, the Constitution of Virginia provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished.
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Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Democratic • House
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
All Roll Calls
Yes: 238 • No: 173
Senate vote • 1/31/2025
Agreed to by Senate
Yes: 21 • No: 18
Senate vote • 1/30/2025
Reading waived Block Vote (on 2nd reading)
Yes: 39 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/28/2025
Reported from Privileges and Elections
Yes: 8 • No: 7
House vote • 1/14/2025
Motion to pass by Delegate Cherry Amendment #1 agreed to
Yes: 52 • No: 47
House vote • 1/14/2025
Motion to pass by Delegate Cherry Amendments #2, #3 agreed to
Yes: 51 • No: 48
House vote • 1/14/2025
Agreed to by House
Yes: 55 • No: 44
House vote • 11/13/2024
Reported from Privileges and Elections
Yes: 12 • No: 9
House vote • 2/9/2024
Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0601)
Assigned Chapter 601 (Effective 07/01/25)
Signed by President
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ2ER)
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
Read third time
Reading waived Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Laid on Clerk's Desk
Received
Agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)
Engrossed by House
Delegate Cherry Amendments #2, #3 passed by
Motion to pass by Delegate Cherry Amendments #2, #3 agreed to (51-Y 48-N)
Delegate Cherry Amendment #1 passed by
Motion to pass by Delegate Cherry Amendment #1 agreed to (52-Y 47-N)
Taken up
Passed by for the day
Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 9-N)
Chaptered
3/24/2025
Enrolled
3/7/2025
Amendment
1/14/2025
Introduced
2/26/2024
HR671, Commending JR's Auto Care.
Commending JR's Auto Care.
SB941, Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.
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HB1746, Public safety officer; definition.
Public safety officer; definition. Adds dispatchers and animal control officers to the definition of a public safety officer for purposes of possible selection by the Governor for the Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor, presented for performance above and beyond the call of duty involving extraordinary valor in the face of grave danger, at great personal risk. However, the bill specifies that dispatchers and animal control officers are not included in the definition of public safety officer for the purpose of an injury where weather constitutes a particular risk of a public safety officer's employment to be compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.
HB1600, Budget Bill.
Budget Bill. Amends items of and adds items to Chapter 2 of the Acts of Assembly of 2024, Special Session I.
SB1449, Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.
Siting of data centers; site assessment; high energy use facility. Provides that prior to any approval of a rezoning application, special exception application, or special use permit for the siting of a new high energy use facility (HEUF), as defined in the bill, a locality shall require that an applicant perform and submit a site assessment to examine the sound profile of the HEUF on residential units and schools located within 500 feet of the HEUF property boundary. The bill also allows a locality to require that a site assessment examine the effect of the proposed facility on (i) ground and surface water resources, (ii) agricultural resources, (iii) parks, (iv) registered historic sites, and (v) forestland on the HEUF site or immediately contiguous land. The provisions of the bill shall not apply to a site with an existing legislative or administrative approval where an applicant is seeking an expansion or modification of an already existing or approved facility and such expansion does not exceed an additional 100 megawatts or more of electrical power. Finally, the bill provides that its provisions shall not be construed to prohibit, limit, or otherwise supersede existing local zoning authority. This bill is identical to HB 1601.
HB1609, Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment.
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